A reaction mechanism must ultimately be understood as a "blow-by-blow" description of the molecular-level events whose sequence leads from reactants to products. These elementary steps (also called elementary reactions) are almost always very simple ones involving one, two, or [rarely] three chemical species which are classified, respectively, as
An elementary termolecular reaction involves the simultaneous collision of three atoms, molecules, or ions. Termolecular elementary reactions are uncommon because the probability of three particles colliding simultaneously is less than one one-thousandth of the probability of two particles colliding. There are, however, a few established termolecular elementary reactions. The reaction of nitric oxide with oxygen appears to involve termolecular steps:
Why Are Termolecular Elementary Steps So Rare
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Kinetics, on the other hand, does not depend in theslightest on what the situation looks like at equilibrium. The rate of thereaction has no dependence on the overall reaction equation but insteaddepends on the reaction mechanism, the elementary steps. (This wasthe part of the reaction sequence that we ignored for thermodynamics.) Themolecules on the left of each elementary step must collide in order toreact so that the products on the right are formed. Notice that in thefirst step of the reaction sequence above, the reactant A doesn't haveto collide with anything. Instead, it simply breaks apart, producing B +C. This is what is called a "unimolecular," "first order" elementary stepbecause only one atom is involved. In the second step of the reactionsequence, C and D do have to collide in order to produce E. This is whatis called a "bimolecular" step because two atoms have to come together forthe reaction to occur.
The rate of an elementary step depends on the concentration of species available to react. For example, in the second step, if there are many molecules of C and D around, then the likelihood of a molecule of C colliding with a molecule of D with sufficient energy and the right orientation to make the elementary step go is high. Therefore, the rate of the elementary step is proportional to the concentrations of the reactant molecules. Here are expressions for the rates of the two elementary steps for the reaction sequence above:
Elementary steps of higher molecularity (termolecular and on up) are very rare because in any real scenario, it is unlikely that three molecules would hit each other in exactly the right way and with exactly enough energy for the step to happen.
The Arrhenius equation does not tell you the rate of the reaction; it tells you the rate constant for an elementary step of the reaction. The variable Ea is the activation energy for the step, or the height of the hump on the reaction diagram at the beginning of the section. The constant R is our old friend the gas constant, and T is the temperature at which the elementary step is performed. The large sensitivity of k to T is the reason that it is extremely difficult experimentally to find rate constants. Most elementary steps either give off or take up heat, and the resulting temperature change changes the rate of the elementary step itself. Thus, the practical utility of the Arrhenius equation is limited.
We've discussed the rate of individual elementary steps of a reaction, but how do we find the rate of an overall reaction? One way to do this is to realize that the rate of the reaction will be determined by the rate of its slowest step. If there is a long line at the ATM but no line at the coke machine next to it, then the rate of your getting a coke is pretty much the same as the rate of your getting money out of the ATM. Consider again what is fast becoming our favorite reaction sequence:
The last topic to consider before we leave kinetics and go back for a last look at thermo is integrated rate laws. Given the elementary steps, it is possible to integrate the corresponding rate law, using calculus to solve for the concentration of some reaction species as a function of time. Test yourself heavily on both first order and second order rate law integration. From the equation for the elementary step, you should be able to figure out the concentration of the species as a function of time. Remember, this is just math. The chemical parts are only the first line and the last line of each derivation. Here are the answers you should be able to derive:
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An elementary termolecular reaction involves the simultaneous collision of three atoms, molecules, or ions. A termolecular reaction involves the reaction between three atoms, molecules, or ions. Some termolecular reactions exist but are rare. It is difficult for three atoms or molecules to react by colliding with proper orientation during a chemical reaction.
Getting three things to react together at the same time is challenging, and so those are rare. So, this probably has more than one step. Then we have to try to divide up this reaction into steps and come up with a mechanism, a two-step mechanism we will try for this.
Again, what was the experimental rate law is K observed. That is the observed rate constant. Second order in NO and first order in O2. We can write the reaction in two steps, and each step is an elementary reaction so it occurs exactly as written. 2ff7e9595c
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